bit of a difference travel difference between NZ and Wales, or Holland. Full time gig at Arsenal and travelling to NZ for the occassional game would be a killer, plus he'd struggle to get any video of local players.
Whoever gets appointed will suffer from having players on the other side of the world. Talay is the only public applicant, and he’d suffer the same issues, the majority of players will be in Europe/USA. If anything, a European-based coach will be closer to the players than an NZ-based one. As for travelling for games, Hudson only got four home games, Schmid none and Hay one, with far more games in Europe.
yeah but getting decent video of the players in the UK should be a lot easier than the otherway around - given the coverage the game gets in Europe, here I doubt if there is even video of any players.
The coach will have to be based in NZ. A big criticism of Hay by Pragnell, was that he basically removed himself from working/communicating with the Technical Director & coaching staff of other NZ teams.
NZF want a closer alignment going forward. AWs coach will need to be living in NZ full time. Preparing for 2024 Olympics and even helping with 2023 U20 WC (lots of domestic based players) you think will be part of their scope in 2023-2024.
Rory Falloon and others have done the UK/Europe scouting role in the past. Winston Reid could pickup that job now.